BREAKING NEWS: Russian actor and director Sergei Puskepalis dies in car crash

Russian actor and director Sergei Puskepalis has reportedly died in a car crash aged 56, as reported on Tuesday, September 20.

The news of Russian actor and director Sergei Puskepalis dying in a car crash was shared by Russian news agency Baza who stated:

“Actor and director Sergei Puskepalis died. He was involved in an accident in the Yaroslavl Region.”

“The accident took place in Rostov Region. According to preliminary data, a passenger and a driver of Ford Transit were killed in the accident.”

According to Russian news agency Enews112 the accident happened in “Rostov region at 201 kilometre of M-8 highway.”

“Preliminarily, the driver of Ford Transit hit a truck, after the car flew into the oncoming lane, where he ran into another heavy vehicle.”

The news comes after Russian film and TV series actor Vladimir Shinov has passed away at the age of 54, according to local reports.

The death of Vladimir Shinov was announced by his friend and fellow actor Denis Matrosov, who wrote on social media: “Vovka, a classmate of Vladimir Shinov, has passed away. May you rest in peace!”

The news of the Russian actor’s death follows the death of famous Russian singer and performer Pierre Narcisse on Wednesday, June 22.

Pierre Narcisse, an iconic Russian singer and performer has died due to cardiac arrest aged 45.

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